Israel army razes home of Palestinian attacker in night-long raid

Ramallah: Israeli troops demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of the May killing of a soldier on Saturday, completing a night-long incursion into the Palestinian-controlled city of Ramallah.

The raid on the West Bank city where Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has his headquarters comes as Israeli forces search for the perpetrator of a Thursday shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers.

The incursion late Friday triggered clashes with angry residents following a week of rising tensions.

Both army and border police units took part in the operation, including members of of the commando unit in which the soldier was serving when he was killed by a slab hurled from a building during an army raid.